Omniscript RT Kit

For reverse transcription of 50 ng to 2 μg RNA per reaction for end-point PCR

High cDNA yields due to high-affinity enzyme

Sensitive detection of as few as 10 copies of template

No additional RNase H digestion step required

Fast and easy procedure with no tedious pipetting steps

The Omniscript Reverse Transcription (RT) Kit is specially designed for reverse transcription with any amount of RNA from 50 ng to 2 μg per reaction. A high affinity for RNA allows Omniscript Reverse Transcriptase to provide superior performance compared with other reverse transcriptases, delivering higher sensitivity in RT-PCR, even with low-copy numbers. The Omniscript RT Kit includes Omniscript Reverse Transcriptase, dNTPs and an optimized reaction buffer. Simply add primers for fast and easy cDNA synthesis.

The Omniscript RT Kit is intended for molecular biology applications. This product is not intended for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a disease.

Full-length RT-PCR products — A.

RT-PCR was carried out with total RNA from maize leaves using the indicated RT reaction temperatures. A 1.2 kb fragment of the GC-rich maize gl2 transcript was amplified. RT was carried out using the standard Omniscript RT protocol at the standard (37°C) and higher reaction temperatures as indicated.

Full-length RT-PCR products — B.

RT-PCR was carried out with total RNA from maize leaves using the indicated RT reaction temperatures. A 1.2 kb fragment of the GC-rich maize gl2 transcript was amplified. RT was carried out using the standard MMLV RNase H- RT protocol (Supplier L) at the standard (42°C) and other reaction temperatures, as indicated. This standard protocol was carried out with the required preliminary denaturation step and the recommended RNase H digest step following RT.

Omniscript Reverse Transcriptase procedure.

The Omniscript RT Kit includes dNTPs and an optimized reaction buffer that, together with the high affinity of Omniscript Reverse Transcriptase for RNA, enables read-through of templates with high GC content or complex secondary structures. Due to this pre-optimization, tedious pipetting and pre-incubation steps are eliminated, and no additional RNase H digestion step is required.

A 700 nt in vitro transcript was reverse transcribed from 10 to 104 copies of starting template (in 200 ng total RNA), followed by PCR. 1/4 of each reverse-transcription reaction (corresponding to 2.5 to 2500 cDNA copies) was used for PCR amplification of a 330 bp fragment.

Omniscript Reverse Transcriptase (RT) has a high affinity for RNA, which enables efficient and sensitive reverse transcription of any template, leading to high yields of cDNA. It is provided ready-to-use with dNTPs and in an optimized reaction buffer that, together with the high affinity of Omniscript RT for RNA, enables read-through of templates with high GC content or complex secondary structure. Please note that the primer mix is not provided.

Omniscript RT is specially designed for all reverse transcription with any amount of RNA from 50 ng to 2 µg per reaction. Omniscript RT is also usually the enzyme of choice with viral RNA due to the presence of carrier RNA in most viral RNA preparations. In comparative experiments, Omniscript RT consistently outperforms other reverse transcriptases over a wide range of starting RNA amounts.

Lot-to-lot reproducibility of Omniscript Kits is ensured by rigorous quality control at QIAGEN. The optimized Buffer RT, dNTPs, and water included in all Omniscript RT Kits are guaranteed RNase-free, and each lot of Omniscript RT is thoroughly tested for RT-PCR reproducibility.